The fight took place at UFC 147 at Estadio Jornalista Felipe Drumond in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It was part of an FX-televised preliminary card prior to the night’s pay-per-view main card.

Although usually a lightweight, Trinaldo, Wanderlei Silva’s fourth pick, was a “TUF: Brazil” middleweight quarterfinalist. Against Heleno, he faced a teammate and Silva’s second pick, who also was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Drinaldo did damage early in their official UFC debuts with punches and knees as Heleno desperately tried to force the fight to the mat. Not only did Drinaldo stuff the takedowns, but he made Heleno pay with punches and elbows, as well as knees to the body, during the attempts. Then, once he took top position, Drinaldo unloaded a quick storm of hammerfists.

As the blows mounted and Heleno was forced to cover up, the ref jumped in for the TKO stoppage.

The victory came at the 4:21 mark of the opening round.

“Even if I win or lose, I just want to make the fans happy,” said Drinaldo, who said he planned to drop to a lighter weight class for future UFC fights.

Trinaldo (11-1 MMA, 1-0 UFC), a Jungle Fight champion, now has won five straight while the veteran Heleno (23-7 MMA, 0-1 UFC), an 11-year pro, falls to 1-2 in his past three.

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